Investing.com – Belgium stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the BEL 20 were Umicore SA (EBR:UMI), which rose 3.86% or 0.52 points to trade at 13.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Elia (EBR:ELI) added 2.92% or 2.60 points to end at 91.65 and D’Ieteren NV (EBR:IETB) was up 2.53% or 4.80 points to 194.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (EBR:ABI), which fell 0.58% or 0.32 points to trade at 55.30 at the close. Solvay SA (EBR:SOLB) declined 0.35% or 0.11 points to end at 31.23 and Argen-X (EBR:ARGX) was up 0.08% or 0.30 points to 355.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Brussels Stock Exchange by 62 to 32 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.65% or 15.20 to $2,344.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.84% or 0.67 to hit $80.39 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.70 to trade at $84.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.87.